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- noun The birds (e.g. of an area) collectively.
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Examples
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Perhaps not surprisingly, they offer their female readership a male perspective, too, in a snarkily condescending column called "birdlife" by "Tone":
Archive 2009-05-10 2009
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Third, the setting is California native coastal sand dune with all its special little plants and animals and birdlife.
Julie Brothers: EcoFarm Conference: Sustainable Agriculture, Food, Love and Butterflies Julie Brothers 2012
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The Camargue landscape is vast and just slightly untamed, with ponies and cattle roaming wild grassland, abundant birdlife and colorful local characters.
The Salt of the Earth Craig Winneker 2011
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I've been somewhat out of touch for the past two weeks (fill in your own joke here) on holiday in Sri Lanka where England's squad for the Ashes did not noticeably spark much interest and, about the time it was being announced, I was making a futile attempt to brush up my knowledge of the island's birdlife.
What now for Indian cricket in the post-Lalit Modi era? David Hopps 2010
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Then I spent five weeks camping inside a rainforest, studying the birdlife for an environmental impact assessement – knowing all the while that the area and the miracle of its biodiversity was doomed to disappear under dam waters to supply Kuala Lumpur with more tap water - so I could cook my dinner.
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Third, the setting is California native coastal sand dune with all its special little plants and animals and birdlife.
Julie Brothers: EcoFarm Conference: Sustainable Agriculture, Food, Love and Butterflies Julie Brothers 2012
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"Lowly valley" hardly does justice to the glories of the local scenery which offers tumbling streams, plentiful birdlife and the northern hairy wood ant.
Rudely-named places guides let walkers pick their way to The Nostrils 2011
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Find yourself sporting oversized gold earrings/exotic birdlife on your shoulder and speaking in a comically inauthentic West Country accent?
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If you run out of things to talk about – hey, you're married now – bond over the extraordinary local birdlife.
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Beavers improve water quality, increase birdlife, increase fish population density and diversity, and help wildlife as well.
Matthew Yglesias » John McCain Pretends Not to Understand What Beaver Management Is 2009
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